Hanger.



No. 754,367.- PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904. E. FLAGLER.

HANGER.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 17. 1901.

N0 MODEL.

MITNESSES 6 VENT EMORY BLAGLER, OF LOCKIORT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROY E. FLAGLER, OF'WILB'IINGTON, DELAWARE.

HANGER- SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,367, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed June 17, 1901.

art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in hangers, and more particularly to improved broom-hangers, the object of the invention being to provide an improved hanger which will be extremely simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, easily secured on a broom or other handle and detached therefrom, and which when in position on a handle will secure itself thereto without previous preparation of the handle.

With this object in View the invention consists in certain novel features of'construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be mercifully hereinafter described, and pointed ontintheelttim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improve- 'ment'attached to a broom-handle. Fig. 2 is a view of the hanger detached. Fig. 3 is a view in section throughone of the teeth or prongs 'of the hanger, and Fig. i is-a view of a modi- 'fied form of tooth or prong.

1 represents a broom-handle of ordinary construction, and 2'my improved hanger at i;

tached thereto; .The' hanger 2 comprises a spring-wire he'nt between its ends to form a' bail, as shown at 3, and forming two springarms lathe ends of which arebent inward toward ,each other, forming prongs 01' teeth 5, said'bail being wider at a point in proximity" to the teeth' than at'the upper end of the bail,

: so that'when the: bail is hung on a nail the weightof the-broom will tend to force the teethrintothe wood of the handle. These prongs of teeth 5are filed or otherwise 'cut to form flat lowerfaces, as shown. at". 6, and

i J the side" portions are beveled off, as shown at l], forming a sharp point and sharp-angular;

uttingedges 8',whiohasIthehanger is swu githe spirit and scope of my inventio' laand.

in place.

Serial No. 64,920. (No modal.)

holes and more securely holding the hanger! Instead of flattening the lower face of the prongs or teeth they may lee-beveled on opposite sides, as shown in 'Fig. 4:, to form the cutting edges and sharp points.-

To place the hangeron a broom-handle, the handle is grasped in one hand and the hanger in the other, one prong or tooth 4 being placed against the broom-handle the proper distance from the end, and the hanger, which is dis posed at rightangles to the handle, is forced around the same until the other tooth or prong is opposite the first-mentioned, when by swing-' ing the hanger back and forth several times.

over the end of thehandle the sharp cutting edges and point of the prongs will cut into the handle and secure the hanger thereto;

' It will thus be seen that with. my improve ments it is not necessary to bore holes or other wise make sockets in the handle to receive theprongs, as they will make their own impres sion in the wood, and the longer the hang remains on the handle the more' seciirfe'ly t;

will fasten itself. However, by simply pulling one prong outof the handle andthen the other the hanger can be readily-removed and placed on another article.

The hanger m y lnstead of beingattached to the broom-handle near its end. attached to the handle between its ends. It may also with equal effectiveness be employed as a hanger for other'articles. Its simplicity of con struction, perfect operation, and easy method "of-attachment dispensing with any necessity for preparation therefor-recommends it as un questionably a vast improvement; over all hangers heretofore known. v I

' The points or teeth on the hanger may be formed in a great many waysas, for instance, by filing, cutting, or stamping the metal into the shape desired-and .itwill also be seen thatv when the broom is in'usfe'the hanger will lie against the handle and out of the way,

Various slight changes might be made in" the general form and arrangement of the sev-,-

eral parts described without departing from "hence I would have it understood that I do not wish 'tolimit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself zit liberty to 'make such slight changes and fallwithirithe spiritand scope of my invention.'

Havingfiilly deseribedmj ini eiitiomfwhatl claimes new, and

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desire to secure by'Letters alterations as feirly tens-0f said bail bei 11g bent inwardly forming teeth'heving pointed ends, and beveled lower side faces ,to form tooth having a fiat bottom face. In-testimo'ny whereof I have cutting edges, and each v 5 signed this specification inthe presence of two subseribing' wi-tnesses.

tnesses NALD UTHE

EMORY FLAGLER. 

